DP Chemistry Questionbank

Amylose is an unbranched polysaccharide composed of repeating units of glucose.

(i) Draw the structure of the repeating unit of amylose. Use section 34 of the data booklet.

(ii) Amylose is a major component of starch. Corn starch can be used to make replacements for plastics derived from oil, especially for packaging. Discuss one potential advantage and one disadvantage of this use of starch.

Outline how lead ions could be removed from an individual suffering from lead poisoning.

State one advantage of starch based polymers besides being biodegradable.

Pollution from heavy metal ions has become a health concern.

Outline how the presence of heavy metal ions decreases the action of enzymes.

Starch is a constituent of many plastics. Suggest one reason for including starch in plastics.

Suggest one of the challenges scientists face when scaling up the synthesis of a new compound.

Calculate the BMF if a $120 \mathrm{kg}$ shark consumes $1000$ mackerel in one year. Each mackerel weighs $1 \mathrm{kg}$ on average. The ${\left[\mathrm{X}\right]}_{\mathrm{mackerel}}=0.3 \mathrm{\mu g} \mathrm{X}$ per $\mathrm{kg}$ body weight. Assume chemical $\mathrm{X}$ remains in the shark’s body for two years.

Explain how the inclusion of carbohydrates in plastics makes them biodegradable.

Plastics are another source of marine pollution. Outline one way in which plastics can be made more biodegradable.

Explain why sharks and swordfish sometimes contain high concentrations of mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Green Chemistry reduces the production of hazardous materials and chemical waste.

Outline two specific examples or technological processes of how Green Chemistry has accomplished this environmental impact.

Explain how the inclusion of starch in plastics makes them biodegradable.

Suggest two reasons why oil decomposes faster at the surface of the ocean than at greater depth.

Oil spills can be treated with an enzyme mixture to speed up decomposition.

Outline one factor to be considered when assessing the greenness of an enzyme mixture.

Explain how the inclusion of starch in plastics makes them biodegradable.

Suggest two reasons why oil decomposes faster at the surface of the ocean than at greater depth.

Oil spills can be treated with an enzyme mixture to speed up decomposition.

Outline one factor to be considered when assessing the greenness of an enzyme mixture.